Very flattering but as I told a boss a year or so ago when I resigned a position, I don't 'do' politics. I call it how I see it, I argue out a solution and we get stuck in on delivering an outcome. I don't have time to 'cultivate' relationships being nice to incompetents, sycophants, and those for whom the political 'process' is the aim rather than delivering an outcome, just so that they can have my back and support my proposals. People either see what I'm suggesting is a good idea or they shoot holes in it so we can come up with something better.
So in that respect, don't expect to see me in politics any time soon but I appreciate the fact that some feel that what I say occasionally makes sense.... unlike this post which probably doesn't!
Actually, now that I re-read the original proposition, if you're talking benevolent dictatorships then I'm in. No need to bother with politics in that process.
Another point, I'm actually a fan of 'open' politics and have been very lucky to work with a boss previously who was excellent at it. IE if it was time to submit budgets it was a very open and honest process as to how much I wanted and how much everyone else wanted. There was no back door deals or cultivating favour. Disagreements were held out in the open and resolved (I thought anyway.... time proved me wrong). Sometimes I got what I wanted, sometimes I didn't. At all times though I knew why I didn't get what I wanted and I'd back the boss home. Sadly I've also worked for bosses who revelled in those 'quiet chats' that people would engage in and everything was kept quiet and you were never sure of your footing or what others were up to or how they were stabbing you in the back so they could get what they wanted. It's the latter politics that I despise and it's poisonous and I won't work in a regime where it exists.